Director Marketing Operations and Project Management, Global Downstream Marketing TMTT

Director Marketing Operations and Project Management, Global Downstream Marketing TMTT

Innovation starts from the heart. Heart valve disease and critical care therapies impact millions of lives, spanning all ages and geographies. As communities globally address the opportunities and challenges of cardiovascular care, telling a compelling and authentic story is more crucial than ever. Beyond raising awareness, our Marketing teams build lasting, trusted relationships with medical professionals and industry stakeholders to ensure patients can receive the treatments they need.

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

To support TMTT’s planned portfolio of products including repair and replacement options for both mitral and tricuspid valves, the Global Downstream Marketing organization is seeking a senior experienced leader to develop the vision and build capabilities to help in achieving our mission of treating patients in need of new options.

The Director of Marketing Operations and Project Management will serve as a key architect of operational excellence and strategic alignment across the Global Downstream Marketing function within TMTT. This role will lead the development and execution of integrated marketing processes, performance analytics, and strategic planning to support the global expansion and adoption of TMTT therapies, including PASCAL, EVOQUE, and SAPIEN M3. 

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning & Execution:

•  Oversee the strategic planning, project management, and implementation of marketing processes, technologies, and data analytics

• Partner with therapy area leads to support launch readiness, competitive response, and market development strategies

Marketing Operations Leadership

• Build and scale global marketing operations infrastructure, including campaign planning, budget management, and process governance.

• Standardize KPIs and dashboards to track performance across global regions and therapy areas.

• Responsible for turning data into actionable insights that drive business growth. This involves developing and maintaining reporting systems, creating data visualizations, and communicating results to stakeholders

Performance Analytics & Insights

• Develop and maintain robust analytics frameworks to measure marketing effectiveness, ROI, and pipeline contribution.

• Provide insights to inform decision-making on resource allocation, messaging effectiveness, and market penetration.

• Collaborate with Regional Sales Strategy & Analytics to align on forecasting, segmentation, and market modeling

How you will make an impact:

• Working closely with sales, finance, IT, and other departments to ensure alignment of marketing goals with company-wide objectives. Facilitating communication, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing across teams.

• Centralizing and standardizing marketing activities that can enhance operational efficiency and consistency across the broader marketing teams.

• Establishing internal reporting capabilities that will capture critical data and surface key insights for use by SVP and Global Upstream/Downstream Marketing teams.

• Building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and leverage their insights to support product adoption and differentiation.

• Building and leading a team of 4+ individuals aligned to a common vision to deliver on prioritized programs and capabilities.

What you will need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field

•  Demonstrated track record in people management

What else we look for (Preferred):

• MBA or advanced degree preferred, 12+ years of experience in marketing operations, strategy, or commercial excellence, preferably in MedTech or Life Sciences.

• Deep understanding of global marketing operations, digital tools, and data-driven decision-making.

• Project and/or Program Management experience

• Proven ability to create a vision, build functional capabilities, and navigate organizational change.

• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-functioning teams.

• Demonstrated experience solving complex problems including aligning diverse audiences, driving cross-functional alignment, and implementing solutions.

• Proven ability to develop tools and dashboards to gather and communicate key insights.

• Experience managing vendors and partnering with creative agencies.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Willingness to develop creative solutions to overcome challenges.

• Exceptional time management and project management skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize as needed.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed, fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $156,000 to $221,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).  Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.